User:Ndorward

A little about me: an occasional proofreader, editor, writer, & typesetter who currently resides in Toronto (but hails from Halifax N.S.). Born in 1974. Current preoccupations:

• jazz — I've played jazz piano off & on since I was a teenager; since 2002 have been writing articles and reviews for various jazz journals and online sites. There's an archive of them here if you're curious.

• contemporary poetry — been on the backburner lately, but for many years ran a little mag called The Gig (currently on hiatus though there are a couple of things in the works). Proudest moment was working as annotator & advisor for Keith Tuma's Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry (OUP, 2001).

• films — a more recent preoccupation, which means that I've been seeing a lot of things I missed when I was younger for the first time. A current member of the Cinematheque Ontario.

• Killer Sudoku — not a fan of the regular kind, but this variant is one I find appealing.

Most of my contributions to Wikipedia are on these topics. I don't usually originate articles, just try to finesse the ones that already exist.... however, see the next bit...

Articles I've started

• Paul Plimley
• Uncle Silas
• The House by the Churchyard
• Lorez Alexandria
• Phil Minton (started fresh after some bonehead deleted the old article)
• Simon Fell
• Karen Mac Cormack

Articles I've done substantial work on

• Derek Bailey
• John Butcher (musician)
• Erstwhile Records
• Jazz
• Language poetry
• Tony Oxley
• Evan Parker
• Rhythm changes
• Randy Sandke